January 18 2019 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,162 - Jan 18 2019 Answer

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,162 - Jan 18 2019

Clues	Answers
Absurdities from rant about leaving dictionaries in a mess	IDIOCIES
Ancient European invading or supporting area	AGEOLD
Beginning to crave lighter device to hold	CLAMP
Bones from male evil adult concealed in sack	MAXILLAE
Botched up art containing winged deity that once flew	PTEROSAUR
Box 19 having article inside swapped with second in 14	TELLY
Bread in French stick must be superior to Republican -- one's fussy	PAINSTAKER
Colleague unworthy of covering government department left	BEDFELLOW
Coolness from a doctor holding device endlessly	APLOMB
Crack that would be issue beneath base	QUIP
Creatures shot, pelts picked up	GOPHERS
Cut queue? That could be a result	SCORELINE
Fill big belly with popular drink	PINOT
Fraudulently tape cinema release	EMANCIPATE
Furniture around entrance of rancid squats	CROUCHES

Clues	Answers
Left in charge of building construction	PORTICO
Legume very ably cored and served up	SOYA
No good sacking leader to be profitable	UTILE
Old bit of Circle Line unused in frozen rain and cold	ARCHAIC
One serving a drink	COLA
Plant eastern bank over river before erosion at the sides	EVERGREEN
Rebellious group's concerning opinion about current head of state	RESISTANCE
Resent new girl oddly ignored in shift	BEGRUDGE
Set straight a learner breaking rule	REALIGN
Ship from Volgograd returned	ARGO
Small length of machine's lead caught in appliance	MICRON
Space no longer available after one's replaced old machinery	ENGINE
Without concern, angrily imprisoning knight with Spanish page	INCONSIDERATELY
Wow, angry eccentric completely flipped, perhaps	WRONGWAYUP